REGION
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
216 graduate from PHS
Class speakers offer
inspiration, humor
Woman on pavement overnight
before someone called police
Lynda Kinney of Pend-
leton spent hours face down
on the pavement before
police received a call to
check on her. Pendleton
Police Chief Stuart Roberts
said he wants the public’s
help to determine if Kinney
was the victim of a crime.
Roberts in an email said
oficers Saturday at 8:55 a.m.
responded to the parking lot
of Harris Jr. Academy, 3121
S.W. Hailey Ave., on a report
of a woman who had been
on the pavement there over-
night. They found Kinney,
49, alive but unresponsive.
seen from the roadway, but
the daughter of a neighbor
who does not reside in
the neighborhood readily
admitted seeing Kinney the
night before.”
Roberts also reported that
person “did not get overly
concerned until she saw
Kinney the next day when
she returned to her family’s
residence.”
Roberts said this is an
active investigation and
encouraged anyone with
information
concerning
Kinney to call the Pend-
leton Police Department
at 541-276-4411 or the
county’s 24-hour dispatch at
541-966-3651.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
time. When they caught wind
of Youngman’s desire to meet
Ellen DeGeneres because of
the comedienne’s positivity,
the students launched a
Twitter
campaign.
The
campaign eventually trended,
attracting tweets from around
the world and the notice of
Ellen’s staff. In February,
Youngman traveled to Los
Angeles to appear on “The
Ellen Show.”
Youngman laughed at
O’Hanlon’s remark from
where she sat in the shade.
The teacher would later read
names of graduates as they
received their diplomas.
O’Hanlon wrapped it up.
“As my time draws to a
close and this tassel lies into
my mouth for the 100th time,
I would like to conclude with
a question I have posed many
times,” he said. “Can I have a
ride?”
Principal Dan Greenough
took over the microphone
as the laughter died out. He
praised graduates for their
impressive array of honors
and awards. The grand total,
at least for the moment,
amounted to $2,948,410.
Finally it was time for
the seniors to walk. One by
one, they received a diploma
and a hug from Pendleton
School Board Chairwoman
Michelle Monkman and
handshakes from Greenough
and Pendleton Superintendent
of Schools Jon Peterson.
After the last grad settled
back into his seat, the seniors
competed the inal step of
the commencement exercise,
moving their tassels from
right to left en masse. It was
done.
In a lurry of lying mortar-
boards and high ives, the
Class of 2016 headed out.
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Old iron of all kinds
Staff photos by Kathy Aney
Merrick Tarter, 3, and his dad Sean Tarter check out a display of old faucets at Sat-
urday’s Old Iron Show at Roy Raley Park. A nearby 1930-vintage engine owned by
Jim and Jeanne Bronson, of Boise, pumped water from a tub through the faucets.
PILOT ROCK
Proposals to ban pot, establish RV park
The Pilot Rock City
Council will hear the irst
reading Tuesday night of a
change to city zoning rules to
prohibit marijuana businesses.
The council in November
passed a local law to ban
marijuana businesses from
within the city limits, and
the council then discussed
amending the zoning regula-
tions along the same lines.
The proposal covers all
zones in the city. City reporter
Teri Porter said this is another
layer the council wanted to
take to block out marijuana
operations.
The
council
meets
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at city hall,
144 N. Alder Place, and also
will hear the irst reading of a
city law to establish rules and
She received initial
medical treatment at St.
Anthony Hospital, Pend-
leton, he said, then was
transported to a Walla Walla
hospital.
Kinney showed signs of
injury but also suffered from
health problems that could
account for that, Roberts
said, and the hours she was
on the asphalt could have
played a signiicant role in
her condition.
“We now know that
Kinney was seen as early as
7 p.m. the previous evening
in pretty much the same
location/condition as she
was found,” the police chief
stated. “She could not be
Pendleton High School senior class president Cecelia
Hoffman shakes the hand of Principal Dan Greenough
after receiving her diploma Saturday at the Pendleton
Round-Up Arena.
Farewell to high school
regulations for a recreational
vehicle park.
The city has no ordinance
for developing and main-
taining an RV park, according
to a memo from Porter to the
council, and there has been
interest in putting in a park.
The proposal covers permits,
restrictions, sanitation and
utilities and more.
If the council approves the
irst readings, it can vote on
the zoning change and the RV
park rules at its next meeting.
The council also will
attend to other bookkeeping,
including establishing the
public safety surcharge at
$3.50 a month for iscal year
2017-17. The city has kept the
fee at $3 in recent years due
to lack of oficers in the three-
member police department, but
soon that will be at full staff.
And Brad Baird, pres-
ident of the engineering
irm Anderson Perry and
Associates Inc., La Grande,
will start the meeting with an
update on the city’s waste-
water treatment plan, which
the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality has
approved.
BRIEFLY
Council to consider
$58.6M budget
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton City Council will
consider adopting a $58.6
million budget Tuesday, up
from the $53.8 million the
city budgeted the year before.
The $15.8 million general
fund, the city’s sole discre-
tionary fund that pays for
services like public safety
and parks and recreation, is
down slightly from the year
before.
The council meeting
will be held Tuesday at the
council chambers in city
hall, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave.
PENDLETON — The
InterMountain Education
Service District is offering
middle school students
a chance to return to the
classroom this summer.
The IMESD is hosting
a summer tech camp at
Sunridge Middle School in
Pendleton June 20-24.
The free camp includes
adult supervision and lunch
and is open to all sixth,
seventh and eighth grade
students living in Umatilla,
Morrow and Union counties.
Free busing is being
organized to transport
children to Pendleton
from Boardman, Umatilla,
Stanield, Milton-Freewater,
Athena-Weston and La
Grande.
For more information
and to register, please visit
http://step.imesd.org or the
IMESD website at www.
imesd.k12.or.us.
PENDLETON — With
air conditioning out of
service and temperatures
reaching 96 degrees inside
the building, Pendleton
closed city hall at 3:30
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p.m. Monday. The Pendleton
Public Library, which was
relatively cooler at 86
degrees, closed at 5 p.m.
The city is currently
replacing the building’s
heating, ventilation and air
conditioning system, which
required them to shut off
cooling Monday.
City Manager Robb
Corbett said he expects
city hall to open Tuesday,
and although the National
Weather Service is
forecasting a high of 98
degrees, he’s hoping some
possible thunderstorms will
cool conditions enough to
keep the building operating.
The HVAC project will
be completed Wednesday.
The city council agreed
to purchase two HVAC
systems for the library and
city hall in February at a cost
of $153,372.
Parks & Rec.
kicks off Wild
Wednesdays
PENDLETON —
Everything from bubble
bump soccer, dodgeball
and 3-on-3 basketball
to pickleball and human
hungry hippo are featured
during Wild Wednesdays in
the Helen McCune Gym.
The free activity is open
to ages 12-15. The kick-off
event is Wednesday from
7-9 p.m. at the Pendleton
Recreation Center, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave. The activity
continues weekly during
the month of June — and
may continue, depending on
interest.
Participants will receive
a ticket during each session
and a prize drawing will
be held on the last Wild
Wednesday.
While there’s no charge
to participate, parents
need to sign a waiver/
registration form during their
child’s irst visit. For more
information, visit www.
pendletonparksandrec.com
or stop by the parks ofice,
865 Tutuilla Road. For more
information, call 541-276-
8100.
Artist’s reception
includes presentation
PENDLETON — An
artist who chronicled her
journey of renewal though
sorting books will make
a presentation during a
reception at the Pendleton
Public Library.
Teresa Rae spent time
in a historic barn on the
Columbia River and
documented her process
through a series of photos.
“Book Sort” is currently on
display at the library and
will continue through the
month.
The presentation is
Thursday from 6-7 p.m.
at the library, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
Refreshments will be served.
The public is invited to the
free event.
For more information, call
541-966-0380 or visit www.
pendletonlibrary.weebly.com.
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Soia Gispert Tello presents the farewell address during the Saturday, June 4,
commencement ceremony at Hermiston High School before instructing the
new graduates to turn their tassels to signify their status as graduates.
IMESD offers free
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PENDLETON
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
Class speakers Timothy
O’Hanlon
and
Tiffany
Armstrong took different
tacks as they addressed their
fellow Pendleton High School
graduates Saturday morning
at the Round-Up Arena.
As the graduates fanned
themselves in the heat,
Armstrong thanked the
supporters in her life and prof-
fered motivation to her class.
“When life gets cold, you
can’t give up,” she said. “And
when you feel alone, you
must persevere through it. To
get out of a rut, you have to
keep climbing up.”
She quoted Dr. Seuss.
“You’re off to great places.
Today is the Day. Your moun-
tain is waiting, so get on your
way.”
O’Hanlon veered away
from inspiration and instead
offered a humorous look back
at high school.
“We’ve survived many
hardships,” O’Hanlon said.
“We survived the swim
team’s mono outbreak. We
took the Smarter Balanced
test. We survived a senioritis
epidemic that was so bad
they literally had to construct
a fence around our school to
keep us safe and contained.”
The latter, he failed to
mention, was a scheduled
district security upgrade paid,
but O’Hanlon was rolling.
The class excelled, he
said, performing at the state
level in basketball, track, golf,
choir and other arenas. He
described the 216 members
of the Class of 2016 as witty,
eclectic and sophisticated.
“We even got Youngman
on Ellen,” O’Hanlon said.
The braggadocio drew wild
applause from the hundreds
of family and friends in the
crowd. His remark referred to
a Twitter campaign instigated
by the students in January to
help PHS Spanish teacher
Kathryn Youngman, who is
battling cancer for the third
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